Thierry Middleton hasn’t grown gills yet, but it may happen soon with the amount time he spends in and around water.
He’s a St. Marys lifeguard, working 40 hours weekly, a member of the Stratford Kinsmen YMCA Aquatic Club (SKYAC), the coach of the St. Marys summer swim team, and plans to coach a Masters swim team in town this year as well.
In a recent interview with the Journal Argus, the 20-year-old Middleton says he will be in and around water at least 60 hours per week this summer.
“I grew up swimming in a pool, so swimming is just part of my life,” he said. “I don’t know how I would live without swimming . . . I would be lost.”
He has been a lifeguard in St. Marys for the past three years. He guarded at the Stratford YMCA pool for four years prior to that.
Middleton started with the Stratford-based SKYAC swim team when he was just nine, and starts his 11th season with the club this year. He became a member about two weeks after arriving in Canada with his... read more

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